[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 86672] MAILMERGE: Add dialog to choose pages from document and number of copies to print

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86672

Heiko Tietze <tietze.heiko@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Heiko Tietze <tietze.heiko@gmail.com> ---
What meaning does it have when you print based on a database with a selection
of entries and then limit the output to a specific page? I mean you print from
1 to 2 in the attached file, which creates four pages, and why would you want
to actually print only the first 3 pages? Is there a use case?

If there is a good reason you may go with the suggestion (removing UX).
Otherwise my personal choice would be to not implement this option. You may
face issues for the implementation when, for instance, from/to is set to some
value and the page count has to get updated reliably.

Btw1: <strikethrough>I don't see how "Selected records" can be
enabled.</strikethrough> The first column should indicate that it may get
selected; or multiselection is possible per ctrl/shift (selecting the whole
column).

Btw2: Like "Print to PDF" (bug 86668) the Preview does not deal with the fact
of fields in the document. On the other hand, if there is no good use case for
Print to PDF or Preview without merging the db fields we could disable the
functions and make them available in the mail merge dialog as Preview next to
Ok, and PDF as part of output = file (exists).

Btw3, "Explorer off" by default makes the dialog easier to understand (you
should know what table is being used in this document). And stripping edit
functions would also streamline the user experience. Not sure if editing is
needed shortly before the document is going to the printer. Rather you put more
effort in the filter because after closing the overlay dialog you have no clue
about the actual filter parameter.

Btw4: Sorry for the delay. Shouldn't take two years to get an answer.

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